"I am not your darling, Denis."
"No; that I have seen!" he cried bitterly, releasing her. "You don't love me any more. I saw it in a moment ... is there anybody else?"
No answer.
"Are you engaged to some one else?"
"No—no."
"I must have the truth."
"I dare not tell you the whole truth."
And she drooped to break it to him.
"You have nothing to fear, Nan."
"I don't know how to tell you...."